Physicians' liability in obstetric and gynecology practice

Medicine and Law

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-9

  Mavroforou, Anna ^a   Koumantakis, Evgenios ^a   Michalodimitrakis, Emmanuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Gynecology; Litigation; Medical liability; Negligence; Obstetrics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DYSTOCIA; FETUS DISTRESS; GYNECOLOGY; INFORMED CONSENT; LAW SUIT; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL LIABILITY; NEGLIGENCE; OBSTETRICS; UTERUS RUPTURE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 17844408466     PISSN: 07231393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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